Join us for the final event in the semester series! Sit down with prolific jazz performer, composer, and educator Walter Smith III to talk about his career, some important things he DIDN’T get from music school, and other lessons learned along the way. Bring your lunch and your curiosity!
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The event is presented by the Archives of African American Music and Culture.
Funk music pioneer William “Bootsy” Collins, and premiere funk music scholar Dr. Scot Brown from UCLA will participate in a lecture and conversation titled Funkology. The event will open with a performance by the IU Soul Revue performing hits assoc more »

Guest Music Theory Lecture – Ian Quinn (Yale University)

March 20 6:00pm

Five Friends Master Class Series – Honoring Robert Samels
Guest Music Theory Lecture
Ian Quinn (Yale University)
“A New Game of Tones, Part 1: What Music Theory Could Have Been”
Most people seem to think “music theory” is difficult, or even too difficult to bother with. This is true over a w more »

Cabaret

March 20 8:00pm

Cabaret is set in 1931 Berlin, when the Nazis were rising to power. At the Kit Kat Klub, a seedy night spot reflecting the political themes of Weimar Germany, the story revolves around young American writer Cliff Bradshaw and his relationship with 32-year-old English cabaret performer Sally Bowles.
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Music Theory Colloquium Series Ian Quinn (Yale University)

March 21 3:30pm

Music Theory Colloquium Series
Ian Quinn (Yale University)
“A New Game of Tones, Part 2: Scenes from a Secret History of Mode”
European staff notation has changed radically over its longue durée. Though it began as a tablature for the voice, it quickly lost that function. What was at first &n more »